2025 was a not so fun year. I tried to stay on top of writing, reading, and blogging. I think my last post was in June. August was my birthday and then life got a little difficult. The day after my birthday my mom had an aneurysm rupture on her brain. She spent September and … Continue reading Hoping for a Better Year
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Half way there
Happy June! It is kind of amazing to think we are at the half way mark of 2025. It blows my mind how quickly time can go and I swear most of my time is worrying about how to pay my bills. I always have these plans at the beginning of the year to keep … Continue reading Half way there
Love It and Hate It
I will admit, I am part of the problem. I am not at a place where digital art is my strong point. I have made images for my blogs for years. I just recently found blogs that I wrote back in 2011 and earlier. I have always been a blogger. I have always dabbled in … Continue reading Love It and Hate It
Creating a Personal Sanctuary: My Dream Home Wishlist
Daily writing promptWrite about your dream home.View all responses I have needs. My needs are this. I NEED a giant library. There are other things I would do to this floor plan. I think I need a bigger kitchen and I need a place to paint. The master bathroom I would expand and put a … Continue reading Creating a Personal Sanctuary: My Dream Home Wishlist
Daily Writing Prompt: Having Fun and Relieving Stress
Daily writing promptList five things you do for fun.View all responses I am trying to post every day to get a little more traction on the blog, so let's do this. I'm going to try these little daily writing prompts from wordpress. I will try to keep it on theme for the blog. I will … Continue reading Daily Writing Prompt: Having Fun and Relieving Stress
Prompt Challenge 1-1: Going Home
As promised...I know it's late. First installment of the writing challenge. Also, feel free to join in the challenge with me! It would be great to see stories from other people using the same prompt. "Mom, I don't know what you are talking about, what chest?" Ethan asked his mother over the phone. She had … Continue reading Prompt Challenge 1-1: Going Home
Reviving My Writing Challenge: A Fresh Start
Back in the day, when I first started writing this blog I created a challenge for myself. It was to help wake up my writing brain and get it kicked back into gear. I fell off the habit when I realized it was the only writing I was doing at that point. Then I quit … Continue reading Reviving My Writing Challenge: A Fresh Start
Looking Back at 2022 Books
Everyone does this. They look back at the books they read and make this whole list of books they read. I don't have the energy for all of that, so I am going to make this quick. First, my reading goal for 2022 was to read 60 books. In 2021 I read 57, 2019 I … Continue reading Looking Back at 2022 Books
Writing Challenge: A little Different
There is a challenge for artists in the month of October called Inktober. I found out about it from someone I no longer talk to, but I found the concept fascinating. Writers have NanoWriMo and I love participating in that, but I do not participate in the other things they have throughout the year. I … Continue reading Writing Challenge: A little Different
Where Have you Been Heather?
I might have forgotten about my blog for a minute. I didn't forget about it as much as my brain just couldn't process anything. I didn't want to put my focus anywhere at all. I couldn't even get a lot of writing done. I think maybe it was a little fog of depression trying to … Continue reading Where Have you Been Heather?
Dream Downloading 